Continuous and discrete least-squares approximation by radial basis functions on spheres

Journal of Approximation Theory

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 124-133

  Le Gia, Q T ^a   Narcowich, F J ^b   Ward, J D ^b   Wendland, H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Error estimates; Norming sets; Radial basis functions; Scattered data

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750358239     PISSN: 00219045     EISSN: 10960430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jat.2006.03.007     Document Type: Article

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